A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000pgfs. Event ids that are associated: us6000pgfs. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 06:51:31 / December 30, 2024 @ 6:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:51:31 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.0586 East, latitude 9.0478 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debre Sīna, Debre Birhan, Āsbe Teferī (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Debre Sīna (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km WNW of Āwash, Ethiopia.
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